Summer is Ending

I fear that Ezekiel's summer hasn't been as great or as active as he would like. I'm so tired all the time; and I'm growing so fast that I have to take it easy a lot of the time. I tend to cramp after being outside for only 15 minutes, so our trips are usually short. He is SO active right now that I know being cooped up is difficult on him.

These pics are from our last trip to DEW Animal Kingdom (I know it seems like we are always going there - he just loves it SO much). He loves talking about all of the animals that he has seen there and playing "wild animal" at home..... as a matter of fact, he just told Marty "Baby Moose (his name for himself) has plans to buy a lion tomorrow"



Here he is feeding the piglets. Marty wanted to buy one (they were $50) and bring it home as a pet for Ezekiel!


He is still a little nervous around some of the animals. Oddly, especially the goats and sheep:




He did decide to give this guy a kiss right on the nose, though:


Here he is buying food to feed the Black Bears (he calls them "polar bears")


He's proud after feeding them:




Marty decided that he needed a little rest, so he sat on one of the benches. Ezekiel thought that was a fine idea so he plopped himself right into the dirty mud outside one of the enclosures!


Here he is looking up, up, up at the camels:


The other day, Ezekiel came running out to find me and Marty telling us "look at me, look at me! I did art!" So we follow him... where he points to the bathroom door. He tells us "look! a boat!" I had to take a picture of it as it really does look like a boat!


We bring him to one of the local schools so he can play on the playground. The equipment is geared for kids 5 and up, but he does a pretty good job on it! Marty and I are still Nervous Nancies about it though!




















Here he is being silly. He climbed into the bathtub to "take a rest"


We went shopping yesterday and Ezekiel found a red baseball cap that he wanted. He told me that it is his "Ash Hat" (of course, when he says it, it doesn't sound quite like 'Ash'...) Ash is the lead character of Pokemon. He is a HUGE Pokemon fan. He and Marty watch it faithfully every Saturday morning (I get to sleep late) and then he discusses the various Pokemon in detail and by name. He is quite funny about it.